How to switch the visual studio version?

[mp5557]

I have both VS2015 and VS2017. The default VS version of vcpkg is VS2017. Is there any method to switch the VS version of vcpkg? Thanks.

[MVoz]

edit, как пример
vcpkg\triplets\x86-windows.cmake
add, строку
set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v140)

echo set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v140) >> triplets\x86-windows.cmake

профит )

[ras0219-msft]

Hi @mp5557,

Take a look at our triplet documentation: https://vcpkg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/users/triplets/. Basically, you can create a new triplet that has

set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET v140)

and we'll use VS2015 to build the libraries inside that triplet.

Note that VS2017 and VS2015 are binary compatible, so ideally you shouldn't need to do this, but we definitely have the escape hatch for when things go wrong.

[magicfoo]

VS2017 and VS2019 are not: error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ___CxxFrameHandler4

[walbourn]

VS2017 and VS2019 are not: error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol ___CxxFrameHandler4

VS 2015 Update 3 - VS 2022 ARE binary compatible, but specifically you have to LINK with the latest version of the MSVC Runtime. You can use a mix of static C/C++ libraries built with VS 2015 Update 3, VS 2017, VS 2019, and/or VS 2022, but you must LINK it with the newest one in the mix (i.e. VS 2022). See Microsoft Learn.

The symbol ___CxxFrameHandler4 was added in Visual Studio 2019 and is related to the new x64 exception handling implementation. You can disable this with /d2FH4-.